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Jeriah

#1,368 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Taught by Yahweh

Jeriah has been given to 2,477 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,368 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 160 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Jeriah, 2025

1 in 24,400

Jeriah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jeriah over time

In 2025, Jeriah went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jeriah: meaning, origin, and history

Taught by Yahweh

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeriah means

Jeriah means “taught by Yahweh”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,097 boys were recorded with the name Jeriah between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 160 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,233 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,615 in 2020 to #1,368 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,311 in 2015 to #1,368 in 2025.

In the United States, 380 girls were recorded with the name Jeriah between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2008; its best national rank was #5,355 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,732 in 2020 to #9,127 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,667 in 2015 to #9,127 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jeriah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,400
136 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,368
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jeriah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeriah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeriahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeriah was born before 2016 — so the typical Jeriah is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,097
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (786).

Is Jeriah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−42
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+247
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+943
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.39×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
85.0%
Peak was 2022 (160)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,233
2022

Spellings of Jeriah

Jeriah is not the most common spelling — Jeremiah is, with 49.0% against Jeriah's 0.45%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jeriah is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jeriah was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 16,942 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 7,692
  2. 2Texas1 in 10,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 14,286
  4. 4Indiana1 in 14,286
  5. 5Ohio1 in 14,286
  6. 6California1 in 16,667
  7. 7Missouri1 in 25,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Jeriah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jeriah was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,590,004 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jeriah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jeriah around the world

Where Jeriah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2025
    #1,093
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jeriah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,368
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 247
Best rank ever
#1,233
2022
Peak year
2022
160 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,097
Count in 2025
136

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,127
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,395
Best rank ever
#5,355
2008
Peak year
2008
27 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
380
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Jeriah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jeriah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jeriah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jeriah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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